Barbara Eden
Currently Active
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1931 — Present
Actress
Personal Info
- Born
- Aug 23, 1931
- Age
- 94
- Birth Place
- Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born Barbara Jean Morehead
August 23, 1931 (age 94)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Other names Barbara Huffman
Alma mater San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Occupation Actress
Spouses
Michael Ansara
(m. 1958; div. 1974)
Charles Fegert
(m. 1977; div. 1982)
Jon Eicholtz (m. 1991)
Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American retired actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant (JG) Cathy Connors in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), and a single widowed mother, Stella Johnson, in the film comedy Harper Valley PTA (1978) and in the spinoff television series.
Eden began singing in bands as a teenager and studied singing and acting. In 1955, she began her television career with appearances on The Johnny Carson Show and on various other series, such as Burke's Law. By 1957, she was starring in the comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire. She also began to act in plays. In 1959, she had her first major film role in A Private's Affair. After I Dream of Jeannie, Eden appeared mostly in dramatic roles, such as in the TV movie Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977). She also appeared in musical comedy tours, other theatrical roles and a TV broadcast of Kismet, released an album, appeared on variety television shows and USO shows, and headlined Las Vegas acts. After starring in the film and TV series Harper Valley PTA, she played opposite her I Dream of Jeannie co-star Larry Hagman on several occasions, including in five episodes of the final season of Dallas and the play Love Letters.
Eden was born on August 23, 1931, in Tucson, Arizona, to Alice Mary (née Franklin) and Hubert Henry Morehead. She is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin. For decades, the public believed that the year of her birth was 1934. After her parents divorced, she and her mother moved to San Francisco, where her mother married Harrison Connor Huffman, a telephone lineman, by whom she had a daughter, Eden's half-sister. Eden grew up in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood and traces her family back four generations in San Francisco, remembering stories about her grandmother who came in a covered wagon and her grandfather who arrived by clipper ship.
August 23, 1931 (age 94)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Other names Barbara Huffman
Alma mater San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Occupation Actress
Spouses
Michael Ansara
(m. 1958; div. 1974)
Charles Fegert
(m. 1977; div. 1982)
Jon Eicholtz (m. 1991)
Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American retired actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant (JG) Cathy Connors in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), and a single widowed mother, Stella Johnson, in the film comedy Harper Valley PTA (1978) and in the spinoff television series.
Eden began singing in bands as a teenager and studied singing and acting. In 1955, she began her television career with appearances on The Johnny Carson Show and on various other series, such as Burke's Law. By 1957, she was starring in the comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire. She also began to act in plays. In 1959, she had her first major film role in A Private's Affair. After I Dream of Jeannie, Eden appeared mostly in dramatic roles, such as in the TV movie Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977). She also appeared in musical comedy tours, other theatrical roles and a TV broadcast of Kismet, released an album, appeared on variety television shows and USO shows, and headlined Las Vegas acts. After starring in the film and TV series Harper Valley PTA, she played opposite her I Dream of Jeannie co-star Larry Hagman on several occasions, including in five episodes of the final season of Dallas and the play Love Letters.
Eden was born on August 23, 1931, in Tucson, Arizona, to Alice Mary (née Franklin) and Hubert Henry Morehead. She is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin. For decades, the public believed that the year of her birth was 1934. After her parents divorced, she and her mother moved to San Francisco, where her mother married Harrison Connor Huffman, a telephone lineman, by whom she had a daughter, Eden's half-sister. Eden grew up in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood and traces her family back four generations in San Francisco, remembering stories about her grandmother who came in a covered wagon and her grandfather who arrived by clipper ship.
Life & Career Details
Born Barbara Jean Morehead
August 23, 1931 (age 94)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Other names Barbara Huffman
Alma mater San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Occupation Actress
Spouses
Michael Ansara
(m. 1958; div. 1974)
Charles Fegert
(m. 1977; div. 1982)
Jon Eicholtz (m. 1991)
Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American retired actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant (JG) Cathy Connors in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), and a single widowed mother, Stella Johnson, in the film comedy Harper Valley PTA (1978) and in the spinoff television series.
Eden began singing in bands as a teenager and studied singing and acting. In 1955, she began her television career with appearances on The Johnny Carson Show and on various other series, such as Burke's Law. By 1957, she was starring in the comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire. She also began to act in plays. In 1959, she had her first major film role in A Private's Affair. After I Dream of Jeannie, Eden appeared mostly in dramatic roles, such as in the TV movie Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977). She also appeared in musical comedy tours, other theatrical roles and a TV broadcast of Kismet, released an album, appeared on variety television shows and USO shows, and headlined Las Vegas acts. After starring in the film and TV series Harper Valley PTA, she played opposite her I Dream of Jeannie co-star Larry Hagman on several occasions, including in five episodes of the final season of Dallas and the play Love Letters.
Eden was born on August 23, 1931, in Tucson, Arizona, to Alice Mary (née Franklin) and Hubert Henry Morehead. She is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin. For decades, the public believed that the year of her birth was 1934. After her parents divorced, she and her mother moved to San Francisco, where her mother married Harrison Connor Huffman, a telephone lineman, by whom she had a daughter, Eden's half-sister. Eden grew up in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood and traces her family back four generations in San Francisco, remembering stories about her grandmother who came in a covered wagon and her grandfather who arrived by clipper ship.
August 23, 1931 (age 94)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Other names Barbara Huffman
Alma mater San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Occupation Actress
Spouses
Michael Ansara
(m. 1958; div. 1974)
Charles Fegert
(m. 1977; div. 1982)
Jon Eicholtz (m. 1991)
Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American retired actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant (JG) Cathy Connors in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), and a single widowed mother, Stella Johnson, in the film comedy Harper Valley PTA (1978) and in the spinoff television series.
Eden began singing in bands as a teenager and studied singing and acting. In 1955, she began her television career with appearances on The Johnny Carson Show and on various other series, such as Burke's Law. By 1957, she was starring in the comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire. She also began to act in plays. In 1959, she had her first major film role in A Private's Affair. After I Dream of Jeannie, Eden appeared mostly in dramatic roles, such as in the TV movie Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977). She also appeared in musical comedy tours, other theatrical roles and a TV broadcast of Kismet, released an album, appeared on variety television shows and USO shows, and headlined Las Vegas acts. After starring in the film and TV series Harper Valley PTA, she played opposite her I Dream of Jeannie co-star Larry Hagman on several occasions, including in five episodes of the final season of Dallas and the play Love Letters.
Eden was born on August 23, 1931, in Tucson, Arizona, to Alice Mary (née Franklin) and Hubert Henry Morehead. She is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin. For decades, the public believed that the year of her birth was 1934. After her parents divorced, she and her mother moved to San Francisco, where her mother married Harrison Connor Huffman, a telephone lineman, by whom she had a daughter, Eden's half-sister. Eden grew up in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood and traces her family back four generations in San Francisco, remembering stories about her grandmother who came in a covered wagon and her grandfather who arrived by clipper ship.
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